Apparatus for measuring and distributing liquids



G. DUBREUIL June 11, 1929.

APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND DISTRIBUTING LIQUIDS 3 Sheds-Sheet- Filed June 7, 1926 wit:

G. DUBREUIL 1,716,540

APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND DISTRIBUTING LIQUIDS June 11, 1929.

3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 7, 1926 G. DUBREUIL APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND DISTRIBUTING LIQUIDS Filed June 7 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented June 11, 192$.

limit i TATE GASTON DUBREUIL, OF LEVALLOIS-PERRET, FRANGE,.ASSIGNOR TO SOCIETEANCNYME POUR TOUS APPAREILLAGES MECANIQ'UES, F LEVALL'OIS-PERBET; FRANCE, A FRENCH SOCIETY. i i i APPARATUS r03 MEASURING AND iixs'rmiitrrnve mourns; Application filed June 7, 1926, Serial No. 114i234 ai1 d'i n Belgium e 13, 1925.

This invention relates to apparatus for lar formotdelivery contrivaiice; Tuber/1' measuring and distributing liquids and more especially to apparatus adapted to handle gasoline and similar inflammable liquids.

5 One of the objects of the invention is to provide a reservoir capable of delivering successively any chosen volume of liquid.

Another object is to provide a cam controlled system 0 charging the re f valves for filling and disservoir andto dispose the whole oif the controlling system so that it remains constan liquid.

tly out of contact with the Still other objects will appear in the course of the description which will now be.

' 'iven in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, in which Figflis a v ert'ical section showing the reservoir with its charging and discharging devices.

Fig. 2 is a schematic plan showing the relation of the and the reservoi Fig. 8, is a section valve control mechanism Fig. 4 is a vertical section through a second form of F 1g. 5 is a se distributing reservoir. ction taken at r ght angles to thedirection of the section shown in Fig.

3 of another for Reierrmg to drawings, there iii of control wheel. v I the various figures of the is shown a reservoir w, preferably comprising a cylinder mounted be tween metal supports andhaving a capacity somewhat greater than the niaximuin charge of liquid intended to be stored and measured, a tube 6 extending axially into the reservoir and terminating at one end at the maximum liquid level 0 of the, reservoir and at, the

other end in an and 6 tubes 6, f,

overfioiv return conduit d, f 7, g disposed around the vertical axis of reservoir a; Tube 6 is arranged to discharge above the level of the upper extremity of tube'b and is connected.

through feed conduit 6 to a pump or other contrivance ior supplying liquid to the reservoir. The length oftubes f, '7 F, f s ad justed so that the volumes of the parts ofthe reservoir (6 comprised between the level 0 and the respective levels passmg through the top of the said tubes correspond for example to volumes of 5,

ions of gasoline. .14 l j, r? are allc contain it reach The bottoms oi tubes f, P, iected to a single discharge of the control Wheel 10, 15 and 20 liters or gal-v extends axially through 'tube band carries a' shaft is keyed atits upper extremity 'to cam Z. i

Means to be described later are provided for turning shaft 70 and, with it, cam Z. Each of the valves is provided Witha'spring actuated closure so that when caml'is turnedin a given direction it acts successively on the respective levers of the valvese", f f F", f and g so as to successively opensaid valves, and so that'the valve 7 can only be u opened when thevalve e hasbeen closed,

and'that the valve [7 can only be opened when, all valves 7 f, f? andjfitare'eacli returnedto the r closed position. I1

The operation of the apparatus is as fols '1'ows Cam lismovedso as to open the controlling valve 0; liquid then flows into the reservoir until the liquid reaches the le'velo I the excess escaping through overflow b; the. cain'Z is'then turned so as to come opposite the valve corresponding to the volume of liquid desired to be measured; liquid will flow past the valve' selected to be opened and .Will be delivered, through conduit h. Whenit is desired" to empty-thetank coinpletelyicam Z is turned so as to actuate valve [The above arrangement is. such that charging ofthe reservoir is renderedlimpossible while discharge is taking place; It will be notfedQalso, that the cam and other mech anisms for controlling the valves are all'lo- ,cated above and 'out of contactwith the liq uid thereby avoiding'the necessity for; stufifing boxes or other forms offpacking; Tubes I f, f f 7' are each closed by a valve at their upper extremities so that "they are not filled with liquid during the filling of thereserv'oir so that, the internal capacity. of said tubes, doesnot affect the accuracy of the "volumeeifluid to be 'measuredi "rename preferahly arranged so that those controlling the tubes f, 7, f f

and g. each open upwardly an'd'close by their own weight plus the action of proper com- 7 pression springs. Valve 6, should, however,

be arranged to .open in the opposite direction i. e. downwardly, and to close under the pressureof the liquid in the tube 6 combined with the action of a spring arranged as shown in Figs, 1 and 1-. In tube 6 the liquid pressure is applied to the valve in the opposite direction to that exerted on the other valves, thus necessitatii'ig an inverse said levers in opposite directions; Valve will therefore open downwardly and the other valves upwardly; In the form of valve opening arrangement shown in Fig. 4, fulcrums of the levers are arranged on the same level. --Opposite movement of the,

valves is here obtained by disposing the vertical arms of the levers so that they point in opposite directions and by providing a double cam surface Z arranged to Contact separately with the lever attached to'valve e andv those connected to the other valves.-

' Tube e is preferably provided at its upper extremity with a bent portion adapted to deflect the incoming liquid away from the valve control mechanism.

i Tubes f, f F, f are 'fixed in such a mannerrin the bottom of the reservoir that they are easily accessible at their lower end through the cap it so thatit is easy to regu late the height of the upperend opening into'the reservoir ahandi accuracy of themeaSuresQ V Shaft [a and cam Zmay be manipulated by a crank, a hand wheel'or other convenient device and preferably should beconnected to obtain a great I to some such volume counting; device as is shown in Figs. 3 and The mechanisms illustrated in these figures include a bevel gear [c keyed to shaft 7 2, a cam it also keyed to said shaft, said cam having a series of projections thereon corresponding in position to the opening of valves f", f f and f respectively,"a pin 12' slidably mounted in the plane of cam n and contacting by meansof afinger p with the cam-surface (the finger is shownfitted witha roller in Fig. 5) springs for holding finger p in contact with the cam and a counter 9 adapted tob'e actuated by each longitudinal movement of :pin p. Finger p is pivotallymounted'on pin so as not to register unless cam it turns in the directionofthe arrow 0 shown in Fig.3: Movement of shaft k is effected-through wheel m and bevel gear m One or a series of spring pressed balls serve as latches for engaging with a' recess or recesses in bevel gear lc so as tohold shaft is in anysingle position corresponding 'to the opening of any one of the six valves.

An abutment may be arranged toaprevent displacement of the 'cani in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3, beyond the position 0t valve f and also to prevent movement in the opposite direction beyond the position corresponding to valve 9 WVhat I claim is,:

1. In a liquid measuring and distributing apparatus, a reservoir, a plurality of .discharge tubes each havinga control valve at the upper end, a filling tube through which the liquid may be forced into the reservoir, c

saidfilling tube-opening into the reservoir abovethe liquid level of the greatest volume to be measured, an overflow tube extending substantially centrally of the reservoir, the 1 end ofsaid overflow tube being open to the reservoir at a predetermined maximum level,

the discharge tubes being arranged concentrically about the overflow tube, and devices to actuate the valves 'ofthe discharge tubes selectively and independently from that of the filling tube, said devicesincludinga sin gle actuating means arranged in said reser voir above the maximum liquid level.

2. In an apparatus according to claim 1, in which the overflow tube is vertically disposed in the reservoir, a guide tube within said overflow tube and extendin above themaximum liquid level in the reservoir, a

@shaft journaled in said guide tube, a cam fixed at the upper-end of said'shaftyand means to'rotate said shaft locatedbeneath said reservoir, said cam being a part of said actuating devices. 7 r

, 3, In an apparatus according to claim 1 having a plurality of discharge tubes with their upper ends opening atdifferent levels into said reservoir so that a unit ofvolume of the liquid is contained in said reservoir between the respective successive liquid levels determined by said u'pperends, a shaftin said overflow tube and journaled'for rotation abouta'vertical axis,1neans carried by said shaft to open said valves selectively andin regular succession: by increments of unit volume upon successivepartial rotations of said shaft, a cam located on the lower-tend of said shaftfand having projections each correspondingto one of said discharge tubes,

means to limit the movement of said cam beyond predetermined positions of the shaft,

a counter, means actuated by the projections I of the said lower cam during actuation of the selective variations of the discharge tube to operate sa d counter, and sprmg means'ineluded 1n sa1d counter actuating means. to

allow free operation of the cam and its'pro-" jections in one direction, and to cause the actuation'ofr said counter during the move ment of the cam in the opposite direction and in accordance with the volume of liquid to be discharged.

4. In an apparatus according to claiml, a shaftdisposed in said overflow tube and extending upwardly in said reservoir to above the liquid level therein and connected to said actuating device, a hollow second shaft at a substantial angle to said first shaft, bevel gears on said shafts and in mesh with each plunger movable axially in said second shaft and, adapted to actuate said counter, said cam plungercooperating during the move ment of said first shaft to effect registration of said counter according to the movement of said shaft. 1 r

5. In a liquid measuring and distributing apparatus, a reservoir, a pluralityof dis-' charge tubes each having its upper end open to said reservoir at a different level, a con-' trol Valve for each of said discharge tubes and adapted by downward movement to close the end thereof so that the hydrostatic pressure in said reservoir will maintain the valve closed, a filling tube through which the liquid maybe forced into said reservoir and having its upper end opening into the reservoir above the liquid level of the greatest volume to be discharged, an overflowtube to determine the maximum liquid level in said reservoir, a valve in said filling tube adapted to open against the dilectively the valves of the discharge tubes and the filling tube.

6. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combinatlon a reservoir, an

"overflow tube, a filling tube, and discharge V cam and means being mounted in such a other,a cam on said hrstrshaft, a counter, a

manner that they remain constantly out of contact with the liquid. v

comprising in combination a reservoir, an

overflow tube, the axis of which coincides with the axis of the reservoir, 'a filling tube *said guiding tube, a cam fixed at the top of said shaft, over the upper level of the liquid in the reservoir, levers actuated by the said cam mounted above thesaid level I in the said reservoir and controlling said valves. j

8. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination an overflow tube,

a filling tube, discharge tubes, valves closing thev top of said filling and discharge tubes, means for opening downwardly the valve of the filling tube and upwardly the valves of the discharge tubes and a bent portion provided at the top of the filling tube for deflecting the incomingliquidi In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. 7

GASTON DUBREUIL. 

